Try and make me feel like I'm your number one
Every other one, well, shit, get real

Know you're balding still, you're older than you feel
Think a little harder, a little modest and humble be
I won't wait around

Don't you think I know you're only trying to save yourself
Don't you think I know you're only trying to save yourself
Just like everyone else
You're just like everyone else
You're just like everyone else
You're just like everyone else

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I want every town.
I need you to know -
There's nothing left to sell me. I'm broke.
I just want these holes
for when I try to run for no reason, or so I'm told.
Don't you think I know you're only trying to save yourself?
Don't you think I know you're only trying to save yourself? (ooh...)
Ancient in one long, incidental month.
You had a bad day, I want home.
You still make me smile, as much as I am reelin'...
It had been a while.
Please don't make me show I'm not your gal...
Don't you think I know you're only trying to save yourself?
Don't you think I know you're only trying to save yourself?
Just like everyone else. (ooh...oooh...)
Try and make me feel
like I'm your number one,
every other one.
Well, shit - get real.
Know you're balding still.
You're older than you feel.
Think a little harder,
A little modest and humble be.
I won't wait around.
Don't you think I know you're only trying to save yourself?
Don't you think I know you're only trying to save yourself?
Just like everyone else.
You're just like everyone else.

General CommentThis is such a beautiful song. Wow. Makes me feel the way I feel when I listen to Johnny Cash's American Album IV…His version of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" came to mind first.

I was talking specifically about the feel of the song on my first listen. I hadn't read the lyrics when I posted the comment (which is unusual for me), but I still stand by what I said. I think the truth IS beautiful. It may not always be pretty, but there it is anyway…The truth. And she does it in an unpretentious way. What about the rest of the lyrics? The simple fact that she's not afraid to put her cards on the table and tell someone she has feelings for that she knows she's basically being/has been used by them takes a lot of guts in my opinion. Her vulnerability and honesty here are what make the song beautiful to ME. It's not always about the lyrics either…it's the emotion she conveys between the lines.

Try and make me feel like I'm your number one
Every other one, well, shit, get real

Know you're balding still, you're older than you feel
Think a little harder, a little modest and humble be
I won't wait around

Don't you think I know you're only trying to save yourself
Don't you think I know you're only trying to save yourself
Just like everyone else
You're just like everyone else
You're just like everyone else
You're just like everyone else